Friday, July 5, 2013

A lot of customers want and need to do automated administration of services provided in Office 365. This is done through PowerShell. With the new Office 365 release, the story around this has become well rounded. The newest release will be supporting for Lync Online PowerShell.
Here are some good references for getting started with PowerShell and Office 365:

Exchange PowerShell Commands – These are the PowerShell commands for Exchange server. Many of these commands are not available in Exchange Online however sometimes there are ones here that are also supported in Exchange Online. If you are looking for a command, it is also good to check here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124413(v=exchg.150).aspx

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I currently work for Office 365 as a Principle PM on the Office 365 Gov cloud team. I spent my first 7 years at Microsoft as an Office 365 technical specialist leading sales efforts with US Federal. Prior to Microsoft I worked for a Microsoft Gold partner called RDA as a Project Manager. Prior to that, I was a software engineer working with Big 4 management consulting firms. Over the past years I have done a lot of work with Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Skype, Silverlight, K2, BizTalk, InfoPath, ASP.net, etc. I have written a Wrox book about SharePoint BPA technologies and one of the solutions was a finalist at Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year conference. I am a Virginia Tech alumnus completing both my undergrad and masters in Information Technology. I play ice hockey and lacrosse on a regular basis and I am huge Washington Capitals fan.